Rachel Hyman moved to Chicago to attend the University of Chicago and has continued to live in Chicago after graduation. She is the founder of Anthology of Chicago, a project that has collected poetry, fiction and nonfiction about Chicago neighborhoods. Rachel has also hosted a reading series called Welcome to the Neighborhood in collaboration with Paul Dailing, the creator of 1,001 Chicago Afternoons. Her latest venture is Bitza Press, the publisher of a series of zines, currently focused on people's experiences using social media.
